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Panfor SR is an antidiabetic agent. It is manufactured for Mega Lifesciences PTY LTD, Australia by Inventia Healthcare PVT. LTD., India. It is a sustained release drug giving it some difference from others. Panfor SR Composition Of Panfor SR Each uncoated sustained release tablet contains: Panfor SR 500 Metformin hydrochloride BP.............. 500 mg Panfor SR 1000 Metformin hydrochloride BP............. 1000 mg Inactive ingredients Hypromellose, Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium, Methacrylic acid copolymer, Macrogol, Povidone, Colloidal anhydrous silica, Purified Talc, Magnesium stearate. pharmacology Metformin hydrochloride is an antihyperglycemic agent which improves glucose tolerance in NIDDM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) subjects, lowering both basal and postprandial plasma glucose. Its pharmacological mechanisms of action are different from those of sulfonylureas. Metformin decreases hepatic glucose production and improves insulin sensitivity (increases peripheral glucose uptake and uti...